DEEP CUTS
Literature usually reaches us in its finished form, when it has already ossified into irrevocability. By the time a book is bound and printed, it is easy to forget that the words were once in motion. Franz Kafka’s fitful fiction provides a reminder. Most of his work was published posthumously, through the efforts of his best friend, Max Brod, and much of it still bears the marks of its author’s uncertainty. Kafka finished none of the three novels he started, and his final attempt, “The Castle,” leaves off abruptly midsentence.
Diese Geschichte stammt aus der January 16, 2023-Ausgabe von The New Yorker.
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ELIAS
Fiction
LETTER FROM FRANCE: SCHMEAR CAMPAIGN
Is a European conspiracy behind a ban on a virally popular hazelnut spread?
FIRST THINGS FIRST DEPT.ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
At four o'clock on a recent Friday, Kevin McCullough found himself staring at a line of text on a poster in the Graham Avenue subway station, in Williamsburg.
CONTINUING EDUCATION DEPT.TUSKS UP
In early May, the N.H.L.’s newest team, a year-old Salt Lake City-based franchise provisionally known as the Utah Hockey Club, unveiled its official name and mascot, after considering such options as Black Diamonds, Blast, Blizzard, Canyons, Caribou, Freeze, Frost, Fury, Glaciers, Hive, Ice, Mountaineers, Outlaws, Powder, Squall, Swarm, Venom, and Yeti. Behold: the Utah Mammoth.
AN UPDATE ON OUR FAMILY
First, a sincere thanks to the friends, neighbors, and homeowners' association representatives who have reached out during the past four months. We've heard from so many of you—a couple of times via a note tied to a rock thrown through our window—as we've navigated this journey.
STILL LIFE
The “forever business” of Green-Wood Cemetery.
THE HEAT OF THE MOMENT
To stop violent crime, we need to grasp what really drives it.
BROTHERS OF THE CLOTH
The Met's take on Black male style.
AWAKENINGS
Whatever happened to Margaret Fuller?
ANNALS OF AVIATION - TURBULENCE
Amelia Earhart’ husband pushed her to keep tempting fate for the sake of fame.
